WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?
The government have finally come to their senses and allowed 84 year old Tul Bahadur Pun who is a Gurkha second word war hero, to come to Britain to get vital medical treatment.
This man won the victoria cross with his bravery while fighting a war for our freedom and we wouldn’t give him a visa to come back here, how shameful!!
With others being granted asylum and just about anyone else being allowed here how could this have happened?
July 3, 2007 at 8:20 am
My dad served along side the Gurkha’s and had a huge amount of respect and admiration for them, he would have felt very strongly that this man should have the care he needed, but then he is no longer alive, to voice that opinion and we seem to have very short memories.
July 3, 2007 at 11:12 am
Southwest, this is a sad state of affairs. As uphilldowndale says, som people appear to have short memories.
July 3, 2007 at 3:41 pm
Like the new look. V professional.
July 3, 2007 at 6:30 pm
I posted about this on my blog. This was a disgraceful decision before the u-turn. Our Government were happy to take the committment from these brave people and chose to discard the responsibility and debt the country owes them. Itis great news for him & his family that the decision has been changed.
July 3, 2007 at 6:32 pm
The treatment of Gurkha’s generally is a disgrace, they aren’t even afforded a proper army pension despite providing a life of service.
July 3, 2007 at 6:32 pm
I was led to believe that this wordpress thingy had a spell checker on it. I don’t know what you were thinkig.
July 3, 2007 at 8:07 pm
I must have been half asleep but thanks for the spelling error note.
July 6, 2007 at 9:38 pm
Yes, but there are more Ghurhas out there that havnt received the same publicity and are arguably in more need, such as this guy who needs treatment;
http://bnpandme.blogspot.com/2007/06/another-gurkha-hero-banned-from-britain.html
July 27, 2007 at 12:11 pm
I feel very strongly that the Gurkha’s and former members of the Indian Army should be treated decently and fairly. They should have the same benefits as any other British soldier. It would cost next to nothing to provide them with a comfortable pension.
It makes me angry to see these people having to depend on charity whilst benefit scroungers over here live in comparative luxury.
My grandfather served in India during ‘the Raj’ and spoke very highly of their loyalty and bravery.